Babel

Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

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THE #2 <em>SUNDAY TIMES</em> AND #1 <em>NYT</em> BESTSELLER<p><strong>'One for Philip Pullman fans'</strong></p><p><strong>THE TIMES</strong></p><p><strong>'This one is an automatic buy'</strong></p><p><strong>GLAMOUR</strong></p><p><strong>'Ambitious, sweeping and epic'</strong></p><p><strong>EVENING STANDARD</strong></p><p><strong>'Razor-sharp'</strong></p><p><strong>DAILY MAIL</strong></p><p><strong>'An ingenious fantasy about empire'</strong></p><p><strong>GUARDIAN</strong></p><p><strong>'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem too far out of her reach now'</strong></p><p><strong>THE HERALD</strong></p><p><strong><em>Traduttore, traditore</em>: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.</strong></p><p><strong>Oxford, 1836.</strong></p><p>The city of dreaming spires.</p><p>It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.</p><p>And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows.</p><p>Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift.</p><p>Until it became a prison...</p><p>But can a student stand against an empire?</p><p><strong>An incendiary new novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language, the violence of colonialism, and the sacrifices of resistance.</strong></p><p><strong>'A masterpiece that resonates with power and knowledge. BABEL is a stark picture of the cruelty of empire, a distillation of dark academia, and a riveting blend of fantasy and historical fiction - a monumental achievement'</strong></p><p><em><strong>Samantha Shannon, author of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE</strong></em></p><p>R.F. Kuang's book 'Babel' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 11-09-2022.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780008501815

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

163 x 239 x 51 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. UK